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12-25-2016 10:52 AM - edited 12-25-2016 10:54 AM
I actually only posted this as a diversion from an ugly thread, on the board
12-25-2016 12:09 PM
@Elvita wrote:Were the Egyptians looking for a Messiah, too?
Yes, this makes no sense to me either. . .
12-25-2016 01:50 PM
@gardenman wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:Since this is only 2016...........WHOSE "nativity" ????????
When you find something that's reportedly 5,000 years old depicting an event that took place a bit over two thousand years ago, either the dating is wrong, or the interpretation of what was found is wrong. In this case I would say that was a very, very liberal interpretation of the artwork.
While I can understand the desire of many people to dismiss this as mistakeninterpretation ormistaken dating, there is a problem with that. You are making them conclusion and then looking for away to explain it because it interferes with your preconceived notiongs. That is not how science works. That is nothow history works.
The likely explanation here isthat this simply depicts a common mythological story in the region. While I am not making any claims about Jesus and do not with to turn thisinto a religious discussion, many of the teachings in Christian scriptures aboutthe birth of Jesus are the same as those surrounding other mythologies which predate Jesus -- including Horus, Buddha, Osiris, and Mithra (to name a few).
While simply dismissing these other mythologies in favorof ones own may help you sleepbetter at night, it is intellectually dishonest.
12-25-2016 02:00 PM
When I view the photo, I thought it was a fertility carving/marker. So many civilizations and cultures had fertility objects, art, markers, etc.
12-25-2016 02:59 PM
@cherry, I would love to know the name of the magazine.
12-25-2016 03:01 PM
12-25-2016 03:02 PM
Thank you, and glad you started this thread.
12-25-2016 05:28 PM
@cherry wrote:@goldensrbest it's Biblical Archeology
There are petroglyphs and pictographs all over the world, including millions in America. We have Petroglyphs National Monument right here on the edge of Albuquerque. What does Biblical Archeology have to say about the figures in them?
12-25-2016 05:31 PM
Jesus was born 2000+ years ago not 5000 years ago. There is a lack of logic there.
12-25-2016 06:11 PM
@Kachina624 wrote:
@cherry wrote:@goldensrbest it's Biblical Archeology
There are petroglyphs and pictographs all over the world, including millions in America. We have Petroglyphs National Monument right here on the edge of Albuquerque. What does Biblical Archeology have to say about the figures in them?
They are confined to articats in the Middle East , I think
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